My Husband Is a Gary Stu

The elder waved his hand. “Fortune-telling can only tell you the gist of one's fate. It can't read every detail of your future. We're part of a materialistic society now which denies the existence of immaterial things anyway.”

Cooper chuckled at the elder's contradicting words. “Why do you think I'll take up your offer then?”

The elderly man replied, “Because you have some truths to discern.”

The elder's answer stopped Cooper from leaving with Sally. “I have someone important who is very far away from me. I want to know if she and her lover are alive?”

The elder asked for the woman's birthday. A few minutes later, he said, “Old friends will meet again someday.”

Cooper had always considered Armand intelligent. He was sure Armand must have survived the explosion with Genevieve. Despite his certainty and confidence in Armand's capabilities, relief still washed over him at the elder's words.

Time is something I have in abundance. I'm confident I can wait until the day arrives when we finally reunite.

Cooper pulled out his wallet and gave the elder every banknote in there. Yet, the elder merely took two pieces.

“I charge fifty per person, so taking two hundred is more than enough.” A glint flashed across the elder's eyes when his gaze swept past Sally.

He asked Cooper, “Should I read the marriage fortune between you two?”

Cooper nearly burst out laughing.

He and Sally weren't a real married couple, so there wasn't any marriage fortune between them in the first place. He was sure the elder was a swindler, albeit a swindler who didn't cheat a lot of money.

However, Cooper decided to play along since the elderly man had said some nice things to reassure him earlier.

After getting the two's date of birth, the elder studied their features. “From your looks, you're a rare fated couple. Even though neither of you expressed your feelings, the other party understood them. Your minds are in sync. Alas...” The elder shook his head as he trailed off. After pausing for a beat, he continued, “You're just soulmates.”

Cooper didn't feel any pity. Instead, he chuckled. “Looks like it's true when you said you were a fortune teller.”

Despite Sally and him not being an actual couple, they knew what the other was thinking. She was like a missing piece of his body. Wasn't that proof enough that they were soulmates?

The elder left with his granddaughter after he told Cooper's and Sally's fortunes.

Cooper vaguely noted Sally was in a bad mood when they continued their tour around the aquarium.

He recalled the elder's comment about how they were a rare fated couple and assumed that was the cause of Sally's worries. “You don't have to give a thought to what the old man said. If fortune-telling is so accurate, then why doesn't everyone go and have their marriage fortune told? There will be fewer couples at City Hall filing for divorce in that case.”

Sally merely grunted an acknowledgment and said impassively, “I didn't take his words to heart.”